Posted on 12/16/2004 5:41:33 AM PST by rs79bm
They have a common taste in tutus.
1SG Timmy Rikard
Part of a statement by a 1st Sargent that was at that Rumsfeld meeting with the troops! Any statements like that about Lott available?
Let me guess, Rumsfeld killed one of Lott's pet projects.
Geez, and all this time I thought that it was Jeffords who slinked off to the Dems. What a schmuck.
Notice the difference?
Dems circle the wagons and come to the defense, regardless of the issue, for nearly any of their own. It is almost automatic with them.
Pubs circle the wagons, regardless of the issue, for nearly any of their own who get attacked throw him/her out to the wolves. It seems they are of the opinion that 'wolves chewing on that Pub means fewer wolves to chew on me.'
Rumsfled's complete answer in that conference was well-balanced and not what the media is painting it to be. The pubbies ought to stand up and defend Rumsfled with the truth. Maybe the people will see the truth and spit on the media again.
Well my opinion of Lott just went down the tube.
http://www.neoperspectives.com/rumsfeld.htm
Some great quotes from Rumsfeld.
For anybody who wants to tell LOTT what they think.
487 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6253
E-mail: senatorlott@lott.senate.gov
Several weeks ago I heard a female Rep. commentator say Lott is p.o'd because the pubies made him step down from his leadership position and has been causing trouble ever since.
Q On the 278th, can you repeat this? At the time the question was asked, the planted question, the unit had 784 of its 804 vehicles armored?
GEN. SPEAKES: Here is the overall solution that you see. And what we've had to do is -- the theater had to take care of 830 total vehicles. So this shows you the calculus that was used. Up north in Iraq, they drew 119 up-armored humvees from what we call stay-behind equipment. That is equipment from a force that was already up there. We went ahead and applied 38 add-on armor kits to piece of equipment they deployed over on a ship. They also had down in Kuwait 214 stay- behind equipment pieces that were add-on armor kits. And then over here they had 459 pieces of equipment that were given level-three protection. And so when you put all this together, that comes up with 830.
Q At the time of the question -- summarize this, now -- that unit that the kid was complaining about was mostly armored?
GEN. SPEAKES: Yes. In other words, we completed all the armoring within 24 hours of the time the question was asked.
Q So it's possible that -- from these numbers -- it's possible that he had a vehicle that had not been armored that was slated to be armored or that had not been armored that was not supposed to be armored, that would be carried on a heavy truck?
GEN. SPEAKES: Both were very possible. And very frankly, if you live out at one of those camps, the level of chaos and confusion as you're going through the final stages of getting a unit ready to go north -- to me the fact that every soldier in that unit didn't have a picture of this is not surprising. This operation took place over about four different locations, widely separated in various locations across Kuwait. And then, of course, he may not have even understood that a part of the solution was waiting for them up in Iraq because the stay-behind equipment that was up in Iraq that had already been add-on armored was never seen by the soldier until he or she got up north and actually drew it in Iraq. And so it's a complex picture. And the bottom line is right now it was successful. We accomplished the missions that General Schoomaker gave us, and it's frankly something that's very, very important that we continue to do.
Q If he hadn't asked that question, would the up-armoring have been accomplished within 24 hours?
GEN. SPEAKES: Yes. This was already an existing program. Remember that when I began this presentation we talked about General Schoomaker in his testimony in front of the HASC in November -- made it real clear. He said all vehicles operating north of the berm will be up-armored, and what that meant in common-sense language is you don't leave Kuwait without either an up-armor or an add-on armor solution. And we understood that, and most importantly the theater did. And so we were in constant dialogue, ensuring that we provided everything that was required to make this happen. And this didn't happen just for the 278th. In other words, the 256th, which was the Army Guard brigade directly in front of it, had the same identical solution; and although different numbers of vehicles, approximately the same solution in terms of percentage of fill.
Lott always has been a moron.
He's lucky he still has a job in the senate
Worth repeating Dan. I agree.
Hillary is in active mode again and all of her compromised Weenie R's are back in play -- to do her dirty work.
How long will it be before Peter King or Richard Shelby (and some of the others) start criticizing the war?
Trent actions are transparent and so predictable.
Trent does not have a lot of spine, intestinal fortitude or testosterone.
This from a guy who heaped praise on Strom Thurmon and has the guts to be critical of a good man like Rumsfeld in the toughest job in government.
Spoken like a man who had defense department funding cut for some pet pork project (now just to dig and find out what).
I'm not a fan of Trent Lott. It is past time for him to shut up.
Nobody listens to Trent "I'm boring to listen to" Lott anymore. He has never had anything interesting to say.
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